Ficus. ] CXXIIc. MORACEA (Hutchinson). 211 
Jahrb. xlvi. 260; Th. & Hél. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 507. F. 
darbandensis, Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret (dorbandensis), |.c., name 
only. 
North Central. Eastern Shari: between the Boro and Ndi, Chevalier, 7087 ! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: near Libreville, Klaine, 1609! Lower Congo: 
Kisantu, Gillet, 1034! Angola: Golungo Alto; various localities, Welwitsch, 
6337! 6386! 6412! 6417! Cazengo district, Gossweiler, 667 ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu; Munza, Schweinfurth, 3346! 
North frontier, Schweinfurth, 3564 ! 
169. F. gurichiana, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 130. Spreading 
habit ; branches sulcate, covered with yellowish glabrous deciduous 
bark. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 
obtuse or rounded and sometimes almost subcordate at the base, 
1}~4 in. long, $-1§ in. broad, entire, chartaceous, with a narrowly 
cartilaginous margin, finely reticulate and glabrous on both surfaces ; 
midrib flat above, prominent below, about 4 lin. broad at the base, 
bifurcate near the apex ; lateral nerves 9-12 on each side, at an angle 
of about 70°, slender, looped and branched some distance from the 
Margin, sometimes slightly impressed but more often raised above ; 
petiole 4-? in. long, about 3 lin. thick, narrowly grooved on the upper 
surface, glabrous, straw-coloured or reddish when dry; stipules 
deciduous. Receptacles solitary or geminate, axillary, pedunculate, 
subglobose, about 3 lin. in diam., with a gaping slightly prominent 
ostiole, minutely puberulous ; peduncle 2 lin. long or less, glabrous 
or minutely puberulous. Basal bracts 2 (or 3 2) ovate, obtuse, 2 lin. 
long, glabrous, deciduous. Ostiolar bracts all pointing straight 
into the receptacle, the middle two subulate from an ovate base, 
fleshy, 1 lin. long, the remainder subulate or linear-subulate, ? lin. 
long, membranous. Male flowers with 3 perianth-segments and 
a solitary stamen. Achene subglobose ; style nearly twice the length 
of the achene.—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 246. 
i : Kamelneck, on the Bockberg, Giirich, 59 ! 
a “Dinter, 270! Eros, Dintere 1346! Tiras, 
Kange, 473! 
Occurs also in Little Namaqualand. 
170. F. Dekdekena, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 268. A tree, or 
sometimes epiphytic ; young branchlets glabrous or slightly pubes- 
cent, leafy towards the apex. Leaves oblanceolate or narrowly 
oblong-oblanceolate, rarely obovate, rounded or very shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, narrowed to an obtuse or subacute base, 2-63 
M. long, 4-2 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, glabrous on both 
Surfaces or very finely verruculose on the upper ; midrib flat above, 
rounded and slightly prominent below, about 4 lin. broad at the a 
gtadually tapered to the apex ; lateral nerves 9-14 on each side : 
the midrib, diverging at an angle of 45°-75°, slightly raised or a litt e 
impressed on the upper surface, prominent but very slender below, 
